Chicken Breast with Orange Thyme Sauce (2024)

Chicken Breast with Orange Thyme Sauce

Why should fried chicken be bland? This golden brown fried chicken breast with orange thyme sauce proves that! You can put an easy and quick recipe on the table in 20 minutes. Delicious with baked potatoes and vegetables, but also very tasty with pasta. Irresistibly delicious chicken.

Author: Andréa

Perfect Fried Chicken Breast

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons sunflower oil
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper
• 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 chicken breasts

Orange Thyme Sauce

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 shallot finely chopped
• 2 twigs fresh thyme or 2 teaspoons dried
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 2 oranges juice
• ½ cup sour cream

Perfect Fried Chicken Breast

• Heat the oil in the pan and melt the butter.

  2 tablespoons butter, 2 tablespoons sunflower oil

• Mix the flour with the salt and pepper on a plate or bowl.

  ¼ teaspoon salt, ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper, 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour

• Pat the chicken breasts dry, sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste, and coat them in the flour. Tap off the excess flour from the chicken.

  2 chicken breasts

• Fry on both sides for 2 minutes until golden brown.

• Reduce the heat to medium and let the chicken cook slowly for 10 minutes.

Orange Thyme Sauce

• Meanwhile, melt the butter in a pan and fry the shallot for about 3 minutes until translucent.

  1 tablespoon butter, 1 shallot

• Add the thyme, stock, and orange juice and bring to a boil.

  2 twigs fresh thyme, 1 cup chicken stock, 2 oranges

• Let the sauce reduce by half.

• Stir the sour cream into the sauce and season with salt and pepper.

  ½ cup sour cream

1. How do you make the chicken extra tender? - Season the chicken with salt, pepper, and flour. The flour gives it a crispy layer and keeps it wonderfully tender. First, fry the chicken breasts quickly until brown, and then let them cook over low heat.

2. Chicken stock - To give the sauce the right thickness and great taste. The best is homemade chicken stock, but if you don't have it, just use a cube.

3. Thyme - Use fresh thyme to give the orange sauce a lot of flavors. You can also replace the thyme with two teaspoons of dried thyme or rosemary.

4. Serve with -

• Baked potatoes and a delicious Caprese salad.
• Or cut the chicken into cubes and mix with the sauce through cooked tagliatelle. That makes for an easy Italian evening meal.

5. Storage -

Let the sauce and chicken cool quickly before storing.

• Refrigeration - The sauce and chicken can be kept covered in the refrigerator for up to 2 days.
• Freezer - Both the chicken and sauce can be frozen. Pack in a freezer box or bag. This keeps it good for up to 2 months. Then, let thaw in the refrigerator.
• Reheating - You can slowly reheat the chicken in the pan. Or put the fillet in a baking dish and heat for 25 minutes at 320 °F (160 °C), covered with aluminum foil. Place the sauce in a saucepan and heat over medium heat; keep stirring until warm. The sauce will not curdle because sour cream has a high-fat content, which prevents this.

6. The nutritional value is per person, assuming two people eat this. The values are probably too high because the sauce has been kept generously.